Rosario Dawson Cast as Batgirl in THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE
Daredevil's Rosario Dawson is the latest actress to join the cast of Warner Bros.' The LEGO Batman Movie. According to THR, she will take on the role of the crime-fighting heroine Batgirl. Her true identity is Barbara Gordon, the daughter of police commissioner Jim Gordon.
She will join Will Arnett, who is reprising his role of Batman as introduced in The LEGO Movie. Michael Cera is voicing the Caped Crusader's sidekick, Robin, and Zach Galifianakis is playing the Joker.
The movie is being directed by The LEGO Movie animation supervisor Chris McKay from a script written by Seth Grahame-Smith (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Dark Shadows). The directors of the original film, Phil Lord and Chris Miller, are producing the film.
The movie is said to pay tribute to the various incarnations of the Caped Crusader that we've seen over the years. The LEGO Batman Movie will hit theaters on May 26th, 2017.